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About us

MATSUMOTO, Takashi

B.S.E.E., Waseda University
M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Harvard University
Ph. D in EE, Waseda University
Professor: School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 1980-
Visiting Positions: EECS, U.C. Berkeley 1977-79, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University, 2003-2004
Senior Vice Dean: School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 1998-2000
Editorial Board: Proceedings of IEEE (past)
Fellow: IEEE 1985-
Board of Governors: IEEE CAS Society (past)
Member: IEICE Technical Committee on Neurocomputing,
Organizing Committee Member: First International Signature Verification Competition
Chairperson: IEICE Technical Committee on Nonlinear Problems (past)
Best Paper Award: Japanese Neural Network Society (1994)
Principal Investigator: Open Research Center Project (Ministry of Science and Education), Hightech Research Center Project (Ministry of Science and Education)
External Evaluation Comittee Member: Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Current Research Interests

1. Bayesian Learning with Nonparametric Priors
   1. EM Algorithm for Clustering with Unknown Number of Components with Dirichlet Process Priors
   2. EM Algorithm for Clustering with Unknown Number of Components with Generalized Dirichlet Process Priors
   3. Face Localization with Dirichlet Process Prior
   4. Generic Object Recognition with Dirichlet Process Prior
   5. Online Character Recognition with Dirichlet Process Prior
2. MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo)/SMC (Sequential Monte Carlo) based Hierarchical Bayesian Schemes
   1. MCMC/SMC Learning and Prediction of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
   2. SMC Online Change Detection
   4. MCMC/SMC Face Recognition
3. Biometric Person Authentication
   1. MCMC/SMC Online Signature Verification
   3. User Generic Online Signature Verification
   4. Visual Data based Biometric Person Authentication
4. Hidden Markov Models/Hidden Semi Markov Models
   1. Monte Carlo HMM/HSMM
   3. Membrane Protein Structure Prediction
5. Gibbsboost: SMC based Boosting
   1. Face Detection
   2. Online Signature Verification
6. Monte Carlo based Gene Regulatory Network Prediction
7. CMOS Circuit Design/Implementations
    Direct RF Sampling